Welcome to the Jungle

Ko Phangan, Thailand

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June 13th 2009
I hop on a plane and 45 minutes later I find myself in a decidedly different climate (not literally of course... it feels even hotter now, if that's possible). Having escaped the long shadow of Bangkok I arrive in Surat Thani, during the mid-day Sun, which welcomes me with a wind that feels as though it has blown straight through Dante's eigth circle of Hell. After a longer than necessary bus tran ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more